Giuliano Carmignola

A pioneer in the historical performance movement in Italy, violinist Giuliano Carmignola has had a long career extending over six decades. His work emphasizes Vivaldi and other composers of the Venetian Baroque. Carmignola was born on July 7, 1951, in Treviso, Italy, near Venice. His family was musical, and he began lessons with his father, Antonio Carmignola, at age five. Giuliano attended the Conservatorio Benedetto Marcello in Venice, studying with Luigi Ferro and Sergio Lorenzi. He went on to the Accademia Musicale Chigiana in Siena, where he took classics from Franco Gul...